A fire that broke out late Monday night at a Karachi warehouse belonging to an online food delivery company has been extinguished after a challenging five-hour operation by firefighters.
Chief Fire Officer Humayun Ahmed said that the warehouse lacked proper ventilation, adding that heavy machinery was used to break through a warehouse wall to allow fire crew to enter the premises.
The administration of the warehouse also does not possess a mandatory Fire No Objection Certificate (NOC), according to the Chief Fire Officer.
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Thick smoke inside the building made it impossible for fire brigade personnel to enter, even four hours after the blaze erupted. The warehouse was s packed with various goods, including grocery items, the Rescue officer said.
The officials pulled down a wall of the warehouse to let out the smoke so that the fire could be doused.
Fire department officials said that the facility had no ventilation with only a single entry point, which has posed challenges to the firefighters to contain the fire.
Five firefighting vehicles took part in the operation.
This conflagration follows a major fire at a shopping centre near Teen Talwar in Karachi’s Clifton area on February 18, just under a month ago.
Almost two months earlier, an overnight fire at a furniture market in the port city gutted over 30 shops before being brought under control. The blaze took place the furniture market located near Kamran Chowrangi in Gulistan-e-Jauhar on 31 December.
